Homecoming and Other Lovely Things

The first weekend in this month our church celebrated our annual homecoming!

Are you wondering why we are dressed this way?

That's because we have a tradition of dressing "Old Fashioned"...I think it's pretty great! I always liked dressing up when I was a little girl. I guess that "little girl" is still in me! ;)

I made Kamryn and my outfits (minus the bonnet and my shirt). I think it all turned out great!

Here is Kamryn with her little buddy Chase. Aren't they the cutest?

I just LOVE her little prairie dress....Isn't it great?!

Last weekend I told some of my MySpace customers/friends that I was working on a t-shirt pillowcase dress well Saturday I finished it. It didn't turn out as great as I would have hoped but it's still cute...Jerry and I both agreed it needed to go in the dress up box though! ;) I think we both figured out that I cut the t-shirt too short so the fabric and the jersey fabric weren't "hanging" right. I did a little thinking and put ribbon on it. Well, that didn't help either! ;) THEN, I tried putting elastic on the waist and that helped a little but off the little girl it looks HORRIBLE! I could NEVER sell anything like that in good conscience! ;) I'm going to think on it some more and do a little more working/perfecting the magic that I know can be a t-shirt pillowcase dress! ;)

Kamryn LOVES it though!! Don't you just love the Razorback fabric? It's cute to hear Kam doing the "WHOOOoooooo Pig Sooiee!"

See how it puckers in the chest area...I don't like it...am I picky? Probably!!


I LOVE the black/white polka dot "K"!! What do you think? PLEASE comment so I don't feel like I'm talking to myself here! ;)

This Sunday night we canceled our services and Kamryn wanted me to play in her room with her. Which was a little strange for her because she usually plays so well by herself...and prefers it that way...?

Anyway, we had a GREAT time playing with all of her farm animals (mostly horses) that we get every time we go into Atwoods!

After supper she wanted to put her ballerina outfit on (can you tell my little girl is very diverse?! Give her a horse, Star Wars Light Saber, dollie or ballerina outfit and she's good to go!). This was her Halloween costume from last year so it was a little "snug" but she didn't care!

This is her "pose".

I think we need a ballerina bar...don't you?

This picture CRACKED me up...Janie trying to get some attention...she looks disgusted! ;)

Wow! Can you believe it, two blogs in two days! I'm on a role!!!

Beautiful Day - Zebra Dress!

Today was a BEAUTIFUL August day...actually it felt more like a late September day...So, what do the Holland chics do? Well, we go out and have a photo shoot...doesn't everyone? ;)

Jerry recently purchased a new camera and I have been playing with it - it's taking awhile to get used to it!

Anyway, I like how some of these came out despite my 'ineptness' in editing...

Don't you think your little girl needs one of these?!

She actually posed this way for the picture - cracked me up!!! I just LOVE the red 'barn' door in the background! Who knew we had such a great backyard for photos!!

Kam's First TV Crush Other than Diego...aw!

I have to give you this quick little story...I want to cry right now - Kamryn has her FIRST TV crush! Is that not the saddest thing? Well, not really when you hear about all the suffering in this cruel world but for me, a first time Mom to a VERY prissy girl, it's a milestone I wish we would have crossed WAY down the line!!
I like to watch Little People, Big World on TLC and Kam likes to watch it with me...it's a really great show. Anyway, I was working on a new style of pillowcase dress (that's another story) yesterday and as Kam does most of the time was in my sewing room with me chatting me up (by the way: BIG talker - the girl talks ALL day long- really!). She's got to where she has imaginary - or as she calls - "imagination" friends (mostly her cousins but sometimes Diego will be at the house with us)...just a little strange when I have to give an imaginary kid a kiss goodnight or serve them imaginary food OR (this one is a good one) make the Wal-Mart greeter give the invisible kid a smiley face sticker (yep, try to explain that one to a 60 plus lady!!).
Anywho, back to my story - bare with me people! Where were we? Oh, yeah in the sewing room yesterday...I was cutting some material and I heard Kamryn talking to her friends and she said Jeremy. I stopped what I was doing because I had never heard her talking to this friend. I asked her, "Kam who is Jeremy?" Her reply? "My 'fa-wa-and' from big 'word', 'wittle' people...you know?"
How precious!!
Well, I'm sitting on the pot (not using it) with the laptop watching Kam play in the bathtub right now and she's ready to get out - better go! I just had to share that before it left the Ole Noggin!! ;)
One more, she was getting upset (imagine that!) because a washcloth wouldn't do what she wanted it to do so Jerry came in to help her and he told her, "Use your noodle" and her reply, "What kind?" -- HA! Can you tell we eat a LOT of pasta!! Ha Ha Ha!!

Thank you cards, old fashioned?

I was reminded today of one of my favorite things as I went to the mailbox today, a proper thank you card. You know the kind of thank you card when you KNOW the person is grateful. The kind of thank you card when you know they took a couple of minutes out of their busy day to stop to THANK you!
I get so tired of receiving the generic thanks, i.e. thank you for the "fill in the blank" I know we will get great use out the "fill in the blank". thank you again, generic person.
My sister, who has a newborn and a five year old took the time to thank me. If she can do it, the next time someone does something nice for you, please stop to properly thank them. Express your thanks...with WORDS...
In this world of e-mails and text messages get a pen and paper out and write!

Baking Soda and Vinegar better than Drano?

Who out there loves a bargain?! Who loves to protect the Earth? Well, I do and I would love to tell you how to do it in an "itty bitty" way!!
Let me explain...I've known about this for awhile and have used it several times but was reminded of it when Kamryn's bathtub had a slow drain problem...for the second time in her 3 years! What is going on with that? She's three how much hair could she shed? Well, apparently a bunch!!
Let me tell you how to use baking soda and vinegar to unclog a drain!!!
First, you pour baking soda down the drain. Secondly, you pour vinegar down the drain. Repeat as long as there is still a drain problem....It's that easy!!!
There's two benefits to this, first it's so much cheaper than the normal drain cleaner secondly it's a lot healthier for the environment and if it's good for the environment guess what? It's safe for your child!!!

I hope this helps...

I know I still haven't updated you all on Kamryn's birthday party (2 months ago! LOL!) and vacation bible school and oh, yeah I have a new nephew, Carter Grey was born 07-08-09!!! We have had a BUSY summer so far! I hope you all are having a great one too!!!

Strep Throat...UGH!!!

Just a quick little post...as usual!!!

I am SO bummed right now...I woke up yesterday with a VERY BAD sore throat and ran fever off and on all day...today I decided to go to the doctor. Today I found out, as I suspected, I have strep throat!! I haven't had that since I was in elementary school! CRAZY!!!
Right now, I am hurting. I really have a lot I want to be doing but just don't feel like it! Thank the Lord for Disney movies (never thought I would say that!!) - they are keeping Kamryn busy to where she isn't constantly needing my attention!
I am also bummed because Jill and I, after MANY attempts, were going to get our kids together to play tomorrow but my doctor told me I would still be contagious tomorrow! Oh, well, we'll try again in a couple of weeks!! (there is always something with the two of us! LOL!!)
Ok, Jerry just called and said he was on his way home, I'm cooking chicken pot pie - I thought that would feel good on my "shroat" as Kam calls it!!! (that's a combination of sore and throat if you were wondering!!). He was so cute, he asked if he needed to pick anything up for supper (yesterday we ate at the little cafe here in Sparkman because I hurt so bad and he felt sorry for me!) - tonight he was just afraid that by me touching the food he might get it! HA! Bless him...

Real Quick....

It's been awhile since I last posted - it's been SUPER busy around here!! When I have more time (Ha HA!!), I'll catch up with you guys!

Here is a quick overview:

Kamryn turned THREE on May 23rd!!! We had a great time at her party!! I'll let you all know in more detail later!!!

Last week I was busy decorating for Vacation Bible School!!! Let's just say one of our Sunday School rooms turned into a CAVE!!! It is SO cool!!!!

This week....Vacation Bible School!!! It's going SO great!!!! A lot of the kids are saying it's the best they've been to!!! We had two kids (twins no less - how cool is that?!) AcceptBelieveConfess and became Christians on Tuesday!! Born into the world on the same day and born into the kingdom of heaven on the same day!!! They spoke with two different people so they didn't know what the other person was doing which makes even cooler!!!!

Today it feels SO nice outside! I think we need to go out and play!!

Have a great rest of the week!!!